2025 04 15

A house in winter. Chicago, Illinois. March, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

Sometimes my inner voice just tells me I need to make a photo of something. This house was one of those instances.

As I was making this photo, a man walked out of the front door to grab the mail.

“I like your house.” I told him, to take an edge off of the awkward moment.

“Really?” he asked, calling my bluff. “It’s probably going to be for sale soon.”

I told him I already had a house as I walked off, regretting not asking him a dozen other questions (why are you selling? where are you going? how did we get here?).

Curiosity is how I got here. I know that much.

-Clayton